2018 52 plus joker convention

[rousselle]

Like TwoPiece above, it is likewise with great sadness that I must also bow out of this year's conference.

I don't suppose there's a UC member who plans to attend who would be willing to be my, er, proxy and pick up any loot on my behalf while they are there? Hmmm? Pretty please?

(PM me, please, if you are. )

[Merlebird]

I don't suppose there's a UC member who plans to attend who would be willing to be my, er, proxy and pick up any loot on my behalf while they are there? Hmmm? Pretty please?

(PM me, please, if you are. )

I'd likewise be interested in recruiting a straw buyer/personal shopper for the convention. I am particularly in search of a Nintendo "Young Men," complete with box and in good condition, and will pay a finder's fee in addition to the cost of the deck and shipping.

(The same goes for decks I don't know I want yet: if it's a 52+ card deck, with box and all cards accounted for and in good condition, and the courts are custom and well-executed but just not your cup of tea, by all means, PM me with pictures; if I like it I will reimburse the purchase and shipping, plus finder's fee. My P52 can give you a good idea of my tastes.)

[Bradius]

Just for grins I was looking at last minute flights. I can at least dream of a quick flight up and back...

[PipChick]

Just for grins I was looking at last minute flights. I can at least dream of a quick flight up and back...

I do this all.the.time for events I wanna go to or people I wanna see; it's not a good habit because sometimes I actually do make the last-minute decision to just book, pack-up and go lol Far too often have I made such crazy, spontaneous travels which always end up in hindsight as just stupidly impulsive and financially irresponsible on my part - but still fun to just get away and escape the dull pain of mundane existence & adulthood lol #YOLO

[Spectre]

Checked in a day early. Had a great time at the Red Bull Air Races at Indy. Hoping to meet all the UC members that are showing up here in Strongsville.

[Spectre]

I’m feeling a bit like a kid. A few of my “Stars” are here. Nobody knows me so I’m somewhat invisible to them. But so far I seen Lotrek, Jackson and Sherman. So cool!!

[rousselle]

Keep us posted with all the news!

[Spectre]

So the folks are setting up their tables now. Was hoping to upload some photos but the site won’t except them due to size. I don’t know how to reduce them from my phone.

Got to meet Alex Chin! What an awesome dude!

I’ll post more as the day goes on.

[Bradius]

You can adjust your photo resolution on your phone is the easiest. Otherwise, I have to edit online. You could also email me the photos and I could edit them for you and post here. Glad to do it. Thanks for the update. I would gladly let you pass my credit card to Alex for the NOCCD decks or anything else interesting he has. I think the photo size can't be greater than 400k.

[Spectre]

So I downloaded a image size app. Seems to work.

Sherman!

[Bradius]

Thanks for photos. My god, that looks like a half-brick carat case!

[Spectre]

Alex!

Jackson!

[Spectre]

Alex is going to announce the NPCD deck this evening.

My funds are limited, but I can pick up a couple extras. Brad, I’ll get one for you.

[Spectre]

Holy cow! Two of my favorites!

Jackson and Lotrek!

[Bradius]

Thanks. I see the new Burlwood Case for the limited Elixir decks. Sweet!

and...Lotrek? LIke the scratched out name tag.

[Spectre]

This guy! Patterson Grant. Turns playing cards into pens. Pretty amazing!

[rousselle]

Really enjoying these photos, Spectre! Thanks for posting!

[PipChick]

Really enjoying these photos, Spectre! Thanks for posting!

meee tooo these pics are great; and everything looks like lots of fun....

in other news, my FOMO is through the roof lol

[Spectre]

Just finished up with the members meeting. Listened to a great presentation on playing cards indices right before that.

USPCC showed up with gift bags for those of us at the convention! How cool is that!

[rousselle]

Ooooh! Whadja get?

[Spectre]

Rumor is that there are 12 decks being released this evening. I’ll update as I learn more.

[Spectre]

Damask!

5 Foils!!!

[Thedissident001]

Sublime!

[Oscar53955]

Nice! The EPCC livestream was really bad (kept pausing, likely due to poor connection on their end). Glad someone’s keeping us updated

[Bradius]

I couldn't see anything on Instagram. Thanks for the photos. Nice. Thanks for posting and keeping the rest of us informed. You're the best!

[Spectre]

Alex’s NPCCD decks. Way more crazy than I can mention here. More to follow.

[Spectre]

Imperial by Jackson Robinson!

[Spectre]

The next few posts are of the decks I managed to get my hands on of the releases. Sorry for the crappy cell phone photos in the hotel room.

The releases came fast, and I could not keep up with having to resize all the photos as it was happening.

Here is the decks from Jackson and Expert.

As I understand it, the red version will only be available for subscription members.

[Spectre]

This is the full set of NPCCD decks. There are so many features to these decks, I don’t know where to begin. I can say they deal with perspective and tying chess pieces into the design and so much more. I thinks it’s best to let Alex do the talking on these.

[Spectre]

Lastly, Damask release. So because I already have a couple of the decks “in the mail”, I did not purchase any of the original red decks. So the photos in the earlier post will have to do. Also released here was a “blue” version. Not many to be had here, but Lotrek said the rest will be released soon.